Contextual Effects of Bilingual Programs on Beginning Reading

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 341-355

  Branum Martin, Lee ^a   Foorman, Barbara R ^b   Francis, David J ^a   Mehta, Paras D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingual programs; Classroom effects; Immersion; Multilevel model

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955024506     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019053     Document Type: Article

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